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5:40 PM ET, January 8, 2008

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James Kirchick / The New Republic:
Angry White Man  —  The bigoted past of Ron Paul.  —  If you are a critic of the Bush administration, chances are that, at some point over the past six months, Ron Paul has said something that appealed to you.  Paul describes himself as a libertarian, but, since his presidential campaign took off earlier …
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Ron Paul 2008:
Press Releases › Ron Paul Statement on The New Republic Article Regarding Old Newsletters  —  ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - In response to an article published by The New Republic, Ron Paul issued the following statement:  —  “The quotations in The New Republic article are not mine …
Daniel Koffler / Pajamas Media:
RON PAUL BIGOTRY REVOLUTION  —  A damning New Republic expose on Ron Paul shows the “libertarian” Republican candidate to be a racist, a homophobe and an anti-Semite.  Will his diehard supporters continue to defend a man who called Martin Luther King a gay pedophile?
Discussion: EconLog and A Blog For All
Berin M. Szoka / Gays & Lesbians for Ron Paul:   Jamie Kirchick: “I don't think Ron Paul is a homophobe; I'm just cynical”
David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
Exclusive: Ron Paul Responds To New Republic Story
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: TNR editor pores through the archives of Ron Paul's …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Gloria Steinem / New York Times:
Women Are Never Front-Runners  —  Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life, whether the question is who must be in the kitchen or who could be in the White House.
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Jose Antonio Vargas / The Trail:
Dartmouth Students Walk Out on Bill  —  HANOVER, N.H. — About thirty minutes into Bill Clinton's nearly two-hour stop here at Dartmouth College, a steady stream of students started walking out of the venue.  —  Moments later, Clinton — his voice hoarse, sometimes cracking …
Bill Clinton / CNN:
Bill Clinton targets media coverage of Obama
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
New Hampshire Turnout ‘Absolutely Huge’  —  ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Dave Scanlan told ABC News that turnout among primary voters today is “absolutely huge” — and there are concerns about running out of ballots in towns like Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham.
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Pat Grossmith / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Large voter turnout reported  —  MANCHESTER - Long lines of people formed inside some polls this morning minutes after they opened at 6 a.m. for the New Hampshire presidential primary.  —  Louise Gosselin, Ward 6 moderator, said election officials expected about 150 people to vote each hour at St. Pius X on Candia Road.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Huckabee vows to defy birthright citizenship  —  Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.
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Byron York / The Corner:
Re: You Have to be Kidding Me  —  Mike Huckabee just released this statement:
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Mark R. Levin / The Corner:
You Have to Be Kidding Me
Major Garrett / Major Garrett's Bourbon Room:
Back to the Future: Carville & Begala to join Clinton campaign  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. - It's back to the future at Hillary Clinton's campaign as some of the top advisers to former President Clinton are set to join to Hillary's faltering campaign as early as tomorrow.Senior Clinton sources tell Fox …
Discussion: Pam's House Blend and MSNBC
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
James Carville Emphatically Denies That He's Going To Work For Hillary
Discussion: The Opinionator and Commentary
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Shake-up, the narrative  —  James Carville is coming on board …
Discussion: Fausta's blog
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Patrick Healy / The Caucus:   Paul Supporters Out-Shout Clinton's
New York Post:
IRAN 1, USA 0  —  NAVAL ERROR IN THE GULF  —  EARLY Sunday morning, the US Navy lost its nerve and guaranteed that American sailors will die at Iranian hands in the future.  —  As three of our warships passed through the Straits of Hormuz, five small Iranian patrol craft rushed them.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  It's been nearly a year since the Bush Administration mounted a public relations campaign accusing Iran of arming insurgents in Iraq.  If that was a campaign to generate enough public support to go on the offensive against Iran, it failed.
Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
LOOKING FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE EXIT POLLS?  —  Looking for leaked exit poll results from New Hampshire?  Sorry to disappoint, but whatever their merits, we are unlikely to see any such leaked results until moments before the polls close.  —  In past years, the network consortium that conducts …
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
A President's Defender Keeps His Distance  —  TEHRAN — A rift is emerging between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suggesting that the president no longer enjoys the ayatollah's full backing, as he did in the years after his election in 2005.
Christian Schneider / The Wisconsin Policy …:
The Woman Who Changed the World  —  With Barack Obama's meteoric rise topping the news these days, many people have forgotten the bizarre series of events that paved the way to his stunning ascendance.  It's especially interesting given that some personal and minor details …
Discussion: American Street and American Power
 
 
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
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Huckabee's To Lose  —  He's now the front-runner nationally - check here and here.
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